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M. CHANDLER.

SEEDING MACHINE. No. 359,594. Patented Mar. 22, 1887.

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MOSESGHANDLER, OF MONUMENT, COLORAD O.

SEEDING-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359.59%, dated March 22, 1887. Application filed October 26, 1886. SerialNo. 217,27). (No model.)

.To all whom it nuty concern:

Be it known that I, Mosns CHANDLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Monument, in the county of El Paso and State of Colorado, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Seeding-lilachines, of which the following is a specification. Y

My invention relates to seedingmachines of the kind shown and described in Letters Patent No. 186,107, granted February 18, 1873, to John W. Strowbridge, and other similar machines.

Seeding-machines of the kind above specified are defective in that they require the attention of two assistants, one of whom drives the horses attached to the wagon to which the seeder is secured, while another adjusts the cut-off and regulating slides and puts the seeding mechanism into and out of gear. Thus it will be seen that as heretofore constructed this class of machines has been very expensive and troublesome to operate.

The object of my invention is to remedy the above defects by enabling the driver alone to manage the entire machine, and thus cheapen the operation thereof and render the same uniform.

To the above purpose my invention consists in certain peculiar and novel features of construction and arrangement, as hereinafter de scribed and claimed.v

In order that myinvention may be fully understood, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan View of my improved attachment in operative position upon a Strowbridge seeder. Fig. 2 is a view of the attachment separated from the seeding-machine.

In the said drawings, a a a are the bracketarms, which are secured to the rear end of the wagon, and which support the driving-shaft b, with its pulley z and gear-wheel c, and also the upright shaft E, with its gear-wheel E and distributer g.

N is the hopper, set upon the cap at.

h is the drum upon the wheel m, and i is the belt or cord which runs from drum h to pulley z and drives the spreaders or fans, all of the said parts being substantially as shown and end by a link, 12, to an arm, 13.

described in the patent to Strowbridge above mentioned. v

O O and 2 designate the slides of the Strowbridge machine; but instead of having these slides independent of each other, and relying upon one or more assistants to operate said slides, I provide the followingattachment:

5 5 designate two brackets, which are secured to the front of the cap 00, and 6 7 designate two elbow-levers, which are pivoted to the said brackets. To one end of the lever 6 is pivoted a rod, 8, which leads to the brakelever 9, while the opposite end of the lever 6 is connected pivotally, by a strap, 10, to the slides O O. The lever 7 is connected at one end to the lever 6 at 11, and at its opposite This arm 13 is rigidly secured to the upper end of a'rockbar, 14, the upper end of'which is secured loosely in the outer end of a bracket, 15, upon one end of the hopper N, while the lower part of said rock-bar is connected to a rigid arm, 16, which is connected to the slide 2 of the hopper.

It will thus be seen that whenever the brakelever is pushed forward to apply the brakes the slides O O and 2 are automaticallyclosed, and that whenever the brake-lever is pulled back. to release the brakes the said slides are automatically opened; hence I am enabled to dispense with all manual labor in the operation of this class of machines, and consequently have greatly economized the cost of employing the machines.

The rod 8 is connected to the brake-lever above the point where the brake-rod is attached. The attachment to the brake rod should be so adjusted with relation to the rod 8 that a limited movement of the brake-lever will operate the rod, but fail to set the brakes, while a longer throw of the brake-lever will apply the brakes. By this means only the seed-orifices will be closed without applying the brakes.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the slides OOand 2 of a seeder of the kind described and a brake-lever for the vehicle thereof, of suitable pivoted levers connected to said slides and a the rod 8, connecting lever 6 to brake-rod 9, 1o rod extending from said levers to the said substantially as set forth. brakelever, substantially as described. In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 2. The hopper N, with its slides O O and my own I have hereto affixed my signature in 5 2 and brackets 5 5 15, in combination with presence of two witnesses.

the elbow-lever 6, connected to slides O O, the MOSES CHANDLER. elbow-lever 7, connected at one end to said Witnesses:

lever 6, the rock-bar 14, having arms 13 16, A. F. WOODWARD,

the 1ink12, connecting arm 13 andlever 7, and A. B. SIMPsON. 

